Milk-bottle handle



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I w. E. PARNELL MILK BOTTLE HANDLE Filed Oct. 4, 1921 Jgz WT/VESSES @maf Patented Nov. 20,1923.-

v MILK-Bowman nANnLEQ .Application filed October 4, 1921. Serial 110. 5053M;

To all-whom it mag concern:

7 'Be itknown that LVWILLIAM 'E. Partnering a citizen of the United States, residin at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and t-ate 5 of Minnesota,*h'ave invented certainvne'w and useful, Improvements in Milk-Bottle Handles, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to a'milk bottle 10 handle and more particularly to anovel and improved carrier adapted to be attached to the neck of a conventional glass milk bottle, whereby the same may be conveniently carried without danger of dropping the'same.

The primary object of the invention resides in the provision of a resilient, preferably metallic carrier, in the form of a band, adapted to be secured to the neck of a milk bottle and provided with a bail, loosely and detachably carried thereby, whereby the contents of the bottle may be poured out, without removing the said carrier therefrom. V Another and very important object of the invention is the provision of a milk bottle carrier of the type above set forth, adapted to be stamped from a strip of resilient material, and one in which the parts are extremely simple in construction; easily assembled, rigid and durable, highly eflicient in operation, practical and capable of being manufactured at a very low cost, where- .by its commercial possibilities are greatly enhanced. p The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following cletailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, with the understand ing, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity wlth the showing in the drawing, but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims. I attain these objects and others in. the

accompanying drawing wherein: V

Figure 1 shows the invention as applied to a conventional milk bottle.

Figure 2 is a side view of the carrier. Figure?) is a plan with the bail shown in section, and v Figure 4 is a sectional view of the looking device for the carrier.

- Referring now to the drawing, wherein like. reference characters ldesignate corresponding'parts throughouttheseveral views, 5 designates the neck of a portionof a milk; bottle-(provided with" a beveled, enlarged topfi -thereof, to which theinvention 'isto be applied. Thecar'rier primarily "consists of a; band of resilient materialY, having outwardly struck, oppositely disposed, loops 8, 9. A V-shaped slot 10 formed inprox imity to one end 11 of the strip is adapted for locking engagementwith the inwardly struck portion 12 of the end 13, whereby said carrier may be-easily locked and se-- cured to the neck of the bottle, as clearly shown by the drawing.

The bail or carrier 15 is provided, with hook portions 16 for engaging the loops, the arms of said bail being bent outwardly, as shown at 17, to grip and engage the enlarged portion 6 of the bottle, whereby the carrier will properly hold the bottle in position. By reason of the resiliency of the strip 7 and the bail 15, it willbe readily seen that the said bail permits of the tilting of the bottle when it is desired to pour the contents thereof, without removing the car rier therefrom. The locking device is such that sufficient play is had to permit of the 1 attachment of the carrier tovarious sized 5 bottles in properly gripping the, same, 1 whereby they may be conveniently carried by the bail, without danger of dropping.

In the actual use of thecarrier, when itis desired to attach it to a bottle,.the bailis fastened to the loops 8, 9, whereupon the band is-positioned on the neck of the bottle and locked thereto. The upward swinging movement of the bail 15 not only grips the enlarged portion 6 of the, bottle but also tends to slightly spread theends 11, 13 of the strip 7 to .more securely lock the same in position; V J

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated my invention embodied in one form by way of example, and which in practice has been found to be highly satisfactory iii-obtaining the desired results. It will be obvious however, that other embodimentsv may be adopted, and that various changes in the details of construction may be resorted to by thoseskilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. -It is furthermore understood that the invention is not necessarily limited 0 or restricted to the precise elements shown except in so farassuch llmitatlons are speci- 'fied in the subject matter being claimed.

Hayiilg thus described and illustrated my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a milk bottle including a neck having an enlarged bead on the upper end thereof, of a carrier for the bottle comprising a band adapted to en circle the neck below the bead, a'pair of dia- V metrically disposed loops carried. by .the

2. As a new article of manufacture, a

carrier for milk bottles comprising a resil-- ient open band haying its terminals disposed in overlapping relation, one terminal of the band being provided with a slot, and

other-terminal of the band for engaging in the slot, diametrically disposed struckout ears formed on .the' band, and a bail carrying handle receiving said ears, the arms of the bail handle being provided with bowed portions for receiyingrthe bead formed on the neck of a milk bottle. I

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I WILLIAM E. PARNELL. Witnesses:

JOHN L. PARNELL, THoMAs RYAN.

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